I have enjoyed my large Green Egg for the past 8 years and also enjoy making homemade lump. I think the Eggs are now over $1k - for me, it's still worth every penny. I use it as a grill, smoker, and cold smoker. I enjoy tinkering with fire, charcoal, smoking woods, etc - so for me it's a perfect fit. Also, cooking with lump requires some skill - it's not a automatic pellet grill that maintains temps for you. For me, it's an additional challenge and makes the finished product that much more rewarding, sorta like fly fishing.

I've heard good things about the Kamodo - you should enjoy it. I encourage you to get on their forum you will help flatten the learning curve in a hurry and will get some solid recipes, too.

Many men go fishing all of their lives without knowing that it is not fish they are after. ~ Henry David Thoreau

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